August 2011 Archive

Almost like a seesaw, the Read-Unread bookshelf reveals how many of the books in your library you have actually read. >

Get kids excited about helping out in the kitchen with the Eat Play Grow table that allows them to grow and prepare their own food. >

Eco Automatic is a kitchen sink and dishwasher in one, elminating the need to pack everything neatly into the machine. >

Images from Google Earth make for compelling rug designs with David Hanaeur's WorldWide Carpets. >

Collect sawdust, add resin, press into mould and voila - you have very interesting furnture pieces, as Yoav Avinoam discovered. >

Designer Paul Cocksedge transforms old LP records into smartphone sound amplifiers. >

With Hybrids, Brazilian designer Rodrigo Almeida explores material culture, craftmanship and tradition. >

Jorge Mario Jáuregui works to integrate Rio de Janeiro’s favelas with the formal city, using articulation through public spaces. >

No Shadow is a collection of sculptures by Makoto Tojiki that uses light as a form of expression. >

Can't get rid of old clothes for sentimental reasons? Why not use it to craft a chair? Like the Rememberme chair. >

A design concept by Tsai Design Studio and Jakupa Architects and Urban Designers draws on historical relationships to modernise a building. >